An
Orphan (1929): A 1929 Shanghai Movie, about a woman's hard life
and subsequent heroic rescue. Silent, B&W, with original Chinese and English intertitles/ There is some question
as to what year it was made. There is no question that it is a Chinese silent!:

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, or Das Kabinett
des Doktor Caligari (1919) - The description from www.archive.org reads like a soap opera!

"A man named Francis relates a story about his
best friend Alan and his fiancée Jane. Alan takes him to a fair where they meet Dr. Caligari, who exhibits a somnambulist,
Cesare, that can predict the future. When Alan asks how long he has to live, Cesare says he has until dawn. The prophecy
comes to pass, as Alan is murdered, and Cesare is a prime suspect. Cesare creeps into Jane's bedroom and abducts her,
running from the townspeople and finally dying of exhaustion.Meanwhile, the police discover a dummy in Cesare's cabinet,
while Caligari flees. Francis tracks Caligari to a mental asylum. He is the director! Or is he?"http://www.archive.org/details/DasKabinettdesDoktorCaligariTheCabinetofDrCaligari

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, or Das Kabinett
des Doktor Caligari (1919) - The description from www.archive.org reads like a soap opera!

"A man named Francis relates a story about his
best friend Alan and his fiancée Jane. Alan takes him to a fair where they meet Dr. Caligari, who exhibits a somnambulist,
Cesare, that can predict the future. When Alan asks how long he has to live, Cesare says he has until dawn. The prophecy
comes to pass, as Alan is murdered, and Cesare is a prime suspect. Cesare creeps into Jane's bedroom and abducts her,
running from the townspeople and finally dying of exhaustion.Meanwhile, the police discover a dummy in Cesare's cabinet,
while Caligari flees. Francis tracks Caligari to a mental asylum. He is the director! Or is he?"http://www.archive.org/details/DasKabinettdesDoktorCaligariTheCabinetofDrCaligari

Der Golem (1920) - Archive.org
has a great summary of this movie that's better than Maven can do for this excellent example of German Expressionism and the
early work of Karl Freund (The Mummy):

The Haunted House (1921) - Buster Keaton is falsely accused of theft at this bank job. He manages to get away to a local haunted
house . . . surprise! . . . that seems to be haunted bynot one ghost but . . . would you believe a whole mess of them?!:

IRON MASK (1929 - 1952) - This is a Douglas Fairbanks movie . . . the 1929 version
is as delightful as only Doug, Sr., could make it but with an added twist: It's released again in 1952 with Doug, Jr.,
doing the naration. Some scenes are difficult to watch with very light patches but still worth watching.:

The Jazz Singer (1927 - silent) -
This is Al Jolson's version that turned Hollywood upside down. . . . Why? Because audiences were so taken with
hearing AND seeing Jolson that all the studios and movie theatres across the country had to change over to the new technology.
Turns out however bad a talkie was at this point it trumped most of the silents of the time.

Of special interest to Charle Chan fans, this
is the film where Warner Oland spoke his first word, "STOP!" at just under 42 minutes.:

The Lost World (1925) - This is
the silent version with Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone and Billie Dove. The film was tinted frame by frame and well
done over all. It's not perfect. The dinasaurs were rather primitive but Willis O'Brien And Marcel Delgado's stop
motion photography for King Kong (1933) was still several years away but can a fun movie to watch with the right attitude
. . . if for no other reason than tos see if they can pull it off!:

The Man Who Laughs (1928) - This is
a movie with a difference. Director Paul Leni had last directed The Chinese Parrot (a Charlie Chan film) and
The Cat and the Canary the year before this one. Conrad Veidt had benn the sonambulist in The Cabinet of Dr.
Caligari (1920 - Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari) in their navtive Germany and would go on to play Major Strasser in Casablanca
(1942) that was set in North Africa. Maybe it should have been "The Men Who Pooped Out" with all the traveling they did!:

Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie Des Grauens
(1922) - An early knock-off . . . er, unlicensed version of Bram Stroker's Dracula. . . . . Watch it long
enough and you may want to run out and get some BBBBIIIIIIIGGG rat traps!:

One of the best-know silent
movies ever and one that put German on the cinematic map! Want to know more about it? Check out the movie itself
- albeit in bits and pieces from www.youtube.com and then the credits and all!

Maven has come across a series of clips that
not only has Louise Brooks from the 20s movie scene but an interview with Brooks as well. A fascinating look
at a fascinating actress but – WARNING! – her language in the interview is
for a more mature audience in Maven's humble opinion.: